The Latest Breaking News from Libya

The commander of the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, distanced himself from the military conflict between the forces of the two governments in the country. Abdulhamid Dbeibeh leads the interim Libyan government, and parliament-appointed Fathi Bashagha chairs the unity cabinet. LNA official Major General Khaled al-Mahjoub denied reports…

The U.N. Security Council has voted to extend its political mission in Libya, but at Russia’s insistence for only three months rather than a year-long mandate

Fighting in Tripoli and Misrata has left at least 17 dead over the last week, many of them civilians.

Armed clashes erupted on Saturday on the outskirts of the Libyan city of Misrata between rival factions near the junction of the main coastal highway leading to Tripoli. Rival forces allied to the two main sides in a political standoff over control of the Libyan government have mobilized in the…

Safiya Ferkash says Malta lacks jurisdiction over the funds deposited by her late son Mutassim Gaddafi.

The widow of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has appealed a decision by a Malta court ordering the Bank of Valletta to return to Libya some 95 million euros ($100 million) deposited by Gaddafi's late son Mutassim, court officials said.

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) aims to bring back production to 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in two weeks, NOC said in a statement early on Saturday. Current oil production is at 860,000 bpd, compared with 560,000 bpd before resuming production, NOC added. Libya's crude production had resumed at…

Clashes between competing militias in Libya's capital on Friday killed at least 13 people despite calls for calm after violence first broke out the previous night, a spokesman for Tripoli's emergency services said.

One of Libya’s rival governments, based in the country's capital, has called on militias to stop fighting, after clashes broke out in Tripoli overnight